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How to Know You Have a Vulnerable Narcissist Mother

When you hear the signs of narcissism, they’re often referring to loud, attention-seekers. Read on to know if you are dealing with a vulnerable narcissist mother.

How to Know if You Have a Covert Narcissist Mother

Covert narcissist mothers behave differently than their overt counterparts making them harder to spot and identify. Here are the characteristics of these manipulators.

how to navigate caregiving your toxic narcissistic mother

Are you caregiving an elderly narcissistic mother? How to deal with the frustration, burnout, and feeling that you have no choice but to look after your abuser.

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childhood trauma/ Relationships/ dysfunctional family

1/18/22 1/18/22

How to change your life with reparenting

One of the key tools when reparenting yourself involves developing strong boundaries. When you’ve been raised to cater to everyone else’s needs, setting boundaries is far more difficult than it sounds.

1/11/22 1/11/22

How to care for your inner child: 5 ways

When we grow up with unmet childhood needs, we learn to put others’ needs ahead of our own. We ignore our own needs, or try to take care of them ourselves, which leads to a neglected inner child.

1/4/22 1/4/22

How to overcome avoidance and head in the sand

Do you tend to put your head in the sand when challenges arise? Instead of facing something head on, do you struggle with avoidance of the issue?

12/28/21 12/28/21

How to stop feeling unworthy of getting what you want

Before I started my healing journey, a voice inside my head would whisper, “that’s not for you,” anytime I thought about something I wanted. Feeling unworthy came as naturally to me as breathing.

12/14/21 12/14/21

The surprising reason for self-defeating behavior

Have you struggled to relate to advice books that tell you all you need to do is adopt new habits or take certain steps to stop self-defeating behavior?

12/7/21 12/7/21

How to know if you have hypervigilance from childhood trauma

It’s natural to experience an elevated sense of anxiety when a threat arises. Then your system quickly calms down when the danger subsides.

11/30/21 11/30/21

Shame and guilt: how to know the difference

Since Brene Brown gave her famous talk, the pop culture difference between shame and guilt has become that the latter makes you feel bad for what you did. The former makes you feel bad for who you are.

11/23/21 11/23/21

How to stop hiding your core gifts

I recently read a book called Deeper Dating. In it, the author says the things we hide are our greatest and core gifts.

11/16/21 11/16/21

How to be kind to yourself

When you’re going through something hard are you kind to yourself? Or do you berate yourself for feeling the way you do?

11/9/21 11/9/21

Are you the family scapegoat? Here are 9 signs

My mother suffered with an undiagnosed mental illness which made her incapable of experiencing empathy or compassion.

11/2/21 11/2/21

The social stigma of going no contact with toxic family

If you’ve had to go no contact with toxic family, you know the strength required to protect yourself this way. Often decades of internal work go into reaching such a drastic conclusion.

10/11/21 10/11/21

How to understand your attachment style

The #1 reason we struggle in relationships is often due to our attachment style. This is the way we connect and communicate with our friends, family, and romantic partners.

10/6/21 10/6/21

How to know if you're part of a dysfunctional family

You may have wondered if you’re a member of a dysfunctional family. But how can you know for sure Symptoms vary but here are five hallmarks to look out for.

10/4/21 10/4/21

How to approach trauma-informed self care

How do we care for ourselves when we never learned that we matter? That question differentiates trauma-informed self care from the everyday variety.

9/27/21 9/27/21

How to take the air out of your revenge fantasies

Have you ever indulged in revenge fantasies? These are the normal outcome of feeling victimized or traumatized by others. Especially if you’ve suffered from PTSD, complex or otherwise.